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Why we greatly respect and love our Executive Minister

Posted on August 31, 2021September 6, 2021 by pasugoeditor
Why we greatly respect and love our Executive Minister

Why we greatly respect and love our Executive Minister

The reason Church Of Christ members hold their spiritual leaders in the highest esteem and accord them genuine affection

By DENNIS C. LOVENDINO

NOT A FEW OBSERVERS are baffled by the high regard and deference the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members accord their spiritual leaders. While some view it with grudging admiration, others had mistaken it for fanaticism or blind obedience.

Church Of Christ members highly esteem those who look after their spiritual well-being not only because some rules of propriety or convention demand it, nor by force of habit or tradition. Rather, they do so in obedience to God’s commandment:

“Obey your [spiritual] leaders and submit to them [recognizing their authority over you], for they are keeping watch over your souls and continually guarding your spiritual welfare as those who will give an account [of their stewardship of you]. Let them do this with joy and not with grief and groans, for this would be of no benefit to you.” (Heb. 13:17 Amplified Bible 2015)

God commands the true Christians to obey and submit to their leaders inasmuch as they labor for their spiritual welfare. But more than just recognizing their leaders’ authority, they are expected to do much more:

“We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life. Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.” (I Thess. 5:12–13 Good News Bible)

Christians are duty-bound to treat those who guide and instruct them in the Christian life with the “greatest respect and love because of the work they do.” This is the main reason the Church Of Christ members hold their spiritual leaders in the highest esteem and accord them genuine affection. God expects them to do nothing less.

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Foremost among those who instruct and guide them in the Christian life is the minister entrusted with the administration of the Church:

“I have become its minister, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known.” (Col. 1:25 Holman Christian Standard Bible)

In the Church, God appoints a minister—like Apostle Paul in the first-century Church—who is vested with the authority to administer the flock and make His message fully known. In our time, he is the Executive Minister of the Church. And along with his task to preach God’s words comes the authority to lay down rules for Christians to obey:

“As they went through the towns, they delivered to the believers the rules decided upon by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, and they told them to obey those rules. So the churches were made stronger in the faith and grew in numbers every day.” (Acts 16:4–5 Good News Bible)

Take note how the early Christians were edified in their faith and grew in number when they obeyed the rules decided upon by the apostles and elders of the Church. For, God sanctions every decision laid down by the Church Administration, as Christ told His apostles:

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.” (Matt. 18:18–19 New King James Version)

The bind mentioned refers to God’s commandments (Prov. 3:3, 1) with which people are bound when they believe the true gospel preached to them and receive baptism in the body of Christ or the Church Of Christ (Mark 16:15–16; I Cor. 12:13; Col. 1:18; Acts 20:28 Lamsa Translation).

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Thus, for those asking why we highly regard and esteem our spiritual leaders, especially our Executive Minister, the answer is plain and simple: God commands us to do so. And why do we find it easy and delightful to obey such command? Because we love them so much, for we ourselves see how our spiritual leader labors and toils for our sake, sacrificing personal comfort and safety, to preach to us God’s words and bring us closer to Him and His blessings. His genuine love and concern for us is palpable and deeply felt.

We, members of the Church Of Christ, are unabashed in expressing our love for our Executive Minister, who at present is Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. Because we know that we are always in his thoughts and prayers, he is also constantly in ours. That is the least we can do in appreciation of his selfless love and concern for our souls.


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Executive Minister leads dedication of Cauayan City house of worship, ordains 16 new ministers

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 by pasugoeditor
Executive Minister leads dedication of Cauayan City house of worship, ordains 16 new ministers

Executive Minister leads dedication of Cauayan City house of worship, ordains 16 new ministers

By PRECIOUS DEL VALLE and MARK ANDRO T. MILAN

Date Posted: May 19, 2021

Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, the Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ), led the dedication to the Lord God of the newly renovated 1,605-seater house of worship of the Local Congregation of Cauayan City.

This was during a worship service he officiated in the Templo Central in Quezon City on May 15, 2021 during which he also ordained 16 new ministers, the third ordination so far this year. The Cauayan City Congregation, together with congregations that marked their milestone anniversaries, connected to the main site via livestreaming.

“The Church Of Christ members from the Local Congregation of Cauayan City received more than what they expected. Theirs is the biggest house of worship ever built in Region 2-Cagayan Valley [Philippines],” said Brother Gil Caberto, district supervising minister of the Ecclesiastical District of Isabela East.

On behalf of the congregation, resident minister, Brother Reyno Lacambra, said, “We thank the Almighty God, and the Church Administration He utilized so that we be blessed to have a big and beautiful house of worship. We promise that we will take good care of it.”

“This is a great blessing from God. Despite the pandemic, it is now completely constructed. This has inspired us to all the more be united in all Church activities,” said Brother Oliver Francisco, congregation’s head deacon. “Through our faith and trust in God, we firmly believe that He will give us spiritual blessings here in the house of worship.”

Sister Remedios Yango was grateful that despite her old age she was not only able to witness the sacred occasion but even performed her duty as choir member. “We will value this new house of worship. Here we will take refuge in God, especially when we have problems. Thanks so much to Him. He let me reach this special day,” she said. — With reports from INC News Section

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Posted on April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 by pasugoeditor
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